So, in Julia Whelan’s book My Oxford Year, Jamie doesn’t explicitly die on the page, but he still has terminal cancer. Ultimately, he’s able to live a bit longer and go on this adventure he’d talked about with his love, who is named Anna in the movie and Ella in the book.

Based on Julia Whelan's 2018 book of the same name, there are some huge differences that make sense for a two-hour movie adaptation; namely that the B-plot of Ella's dream job in politics in DC becomes a stable job in finance.

An ambitious American has her pursuits upended after meeting a charming British cad in Netflix's mediocre 'My Oxford Year.'